N.J. Admin. Code § 12:90-3.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 12:90-3.10 - Duties of licensed persons

(a) This section shall apply to the duties of persons licensed in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Licensed persons on watch shall give constant attention and remain within sight and/or natural sound of high pressure boilers and refrigeration plants or be stationed in a control room where the licensed person has direct and immediate intervention capabilities.

(c) Each low pressure boiler operator shall not jeopardize the safe operation of a low pressure heating boiler and shall remain on the premises.

(d) The length of time that the licensed person can be away from the equipment varies according to its nature, size, and load conditions. At a minimum, the operator shall monitor the conditions of the low pressure boiler plant twice every 24 hours, with no less than seven hours between each equipment check.

(e) The owner or management shall not require a licensed person to stay away from the equipment to the detriment of the safe operation of the equipment described in (b) and (c) above.

(f) A boiler operator's log shall be maintained in each plant containing over 100 horsepower. Every operator on the shift shall review the log and, at the end of each shift, shall sign the log. All logs shall include the date, name of the operator(s) on duty, and time of relief. Any personnel who are training to obtain their licenses under the requirements of N.J.A.C. 12:90-8.4 shall include within the log the actual time spent as a trainee. When the operator of a low pressure plant is not in the boiler room, as permitted in (c) above, the operator shall indicate in the log periodic tours of the boiler plant as required in (d) above.

1. High pressure boiler operator logs shall contain at a minimum the information as outlined in ASME Section VII, Recommended Guidelines for the Care and Operation of Power Boilers, paragraph 6.632, incorporated herein by reference.

2. Low pressure boiler operator logs shall contain at a minimum the information as outlined in ASME Section VI, Recommended Guidelines for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers, paragraph 6.09(b), incorporated herein by reference.

3. The boiler operator's logbook shall be kept in a hardbound book of the consecutively numbered type. In lieu of a hardbound book, the log may be kept on electronic media recording devices and be accessible for review or printing upon request.

4. Other pertinent data referenced by the above noted ASME Guidelines means information that would impact the normal safe operations of a plant.

(g) Persons licensed in accordance with this chapter for the operation of low pressure boilers shall comply with the following standards, which are incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented:

1. ASME Section VI, Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers, 2010 Edition.

2. ASME CSD-1, Control and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers, 2012 Edition.

(h) Persons licensed in accordance with this chapter for the operation of high pressure boilers shall comply with the following standards, which are incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented:

1. ASME Section VII, Recommended Rules for the Care of Power Boilers, 2010 Edition;

2. ASME CSD-1, Control and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers, 2012 Edition;

3. NFPA 37, Standards for the Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines, 2006 Edition;

4. NFPA 2, Hydrogen Technologies Code, 2011 Edition;

5. NFPA 55, Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code, 2013 Edition; and

6. NFPA 85, Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazard Code, 2011 Edition.

(i) Persons licensed in accordance with this chapter for the operation of refrigeration plants shall comply with the following standards, which are incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented:

1. ANSI/ASHRA Standard 15, Safety Code for Refrigeration Systems, 2007 Edition;

2. ANSI/IIAR 5-2013, Start-up and Commissioning of Closed Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems;

3. ANSI/IIAR Standard 2-2008 Equipment, Design, and Installation of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems; and

4. ANSI/IIAR Standard 7-2013 Developing Operating Procedures for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:90-3.10

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 3041(a), effective 12/7/2015